AMALGAMATION SHORT FILM

After his top client, popular singer Rex Maynard, runs away to South Africa with his daughter, powerful producer Arnold Tiller stages Maynard's fake kidnapping out of revenge. Maynard escapes only to be pursued by real kidnappers.

In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.

After an attempt on King Richard’s life, assassins target Princess Mary, the next in line to the throne. Team White Pigeon must protect her while locating deadly Cavorite bombs — a tough feat when Ange is Princess Mary’s sister in disguise.

Palm Sunday

A random card reading awakens buried memories in José, whose destiny, the tarot reader Tesa says, will be to face them.

A wealthy man purchases an old mansion but is perplexed to find a mysterious locked room.

Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets

Some people just disappear.

After receiving an ominous phone call directing him to a location, A boy finds himself amidst a strange group of people and a mysterious red room which he is unable to enter.

Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture, with a number of Hollywood celebrities in attendance. However, when the big night comes, Pete has to contend with disappearing staff, malfunctioning equipment, and a broken popcorn machine.

Chanachol, recently returned to Thailand after living overseas, signs up for a tour to get back in touch with Thai culture, and finds himself attracted to the tour guide, Mekhala.

The story of a Jewish novelist, Harry Lesser, struggling to complete his latest work, and his antagonistic relationship with a black writer who moves in down the hall.

Trapped in a time loop trying to solve a murder, detective Aarav's mind fractures. Torn between his partners' advice, he must solve the case while confronting a terrifying possibility: he is the most unreliable witness.

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.

Keywan receives a call from a woman in Iran asking him to find her son Ashkan in Cologne, whom she hasn't reached for three days. Despite having minimal interaction with Ashkan, Keywan accepts the request.

This animation is a visual interpretation of a poem, "Crime of Passion" written by a Taiwanese poet, Hsia Yu. It is selected from her 1984 poetry collection, Beiwanglu, Memoranda. She reveals her emotions of love and sadness intertwined with one another and connects them with abstractions and metaphors. It expresses the preemptive feelings and desire for love regardless of reality. With the artist's way of interpretation, the poem transforms and alters its original forms. The artist wishes to present the poem in a different aesthetics from words to images.

Student film - First year of Film Animation program, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.